The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-11-03
OH. MY!

In It's financial policy 1t has urged
the destruction Of greenbacks and
the silver coinage acts, 10 that by
force Of these two measures there
would be q destruction Of our paper
circulation and the establishment Of
the single standard Of gold. Prom.
Using to reduce the surplus, it has in.
creased that surplus to the extent OF
81, 600, 600 withdrawing lage sums
from production, labor and business.
Promising to reduce taxes it has alb.
solutely and conspicuously failed to do
80, whereby from month to month
large sums Unnecessary for the opera
tions Of the government are drawn
from the people into the treasury,
continuing to depress the labor, in
dustries, and business of the country"
Now, Reader, you may imagine that
the above il from some old Green.
hacker, from the way in which IL
scores Mr.. Cleveland for his s'finan.
cial policyw
But such is not the case. Not by a
jug full; not by dozen jugs full! II
is from the report Of speech by Sen.
ator Allison Of Iowa. And Senator
Allison is anything but Greenback.
er. Mr.. Allison is Republican; from
away back. He is a member Of that
party which tried for more than q
dozen years to destroy the Green.
back and yet he has the supreme
iMpudence to condemn Cleveland for
doing the same thing! December %
1874, in the United States Senate, a
bill was up to resume specia pay
ment" and retire the whole volume OF
greenback currency And how think
you this man Allison voted! Why,
he is one of the 81 Senators who vot.
ed for the bill!
And even when an amendment was
offered declaring that one-twenteith
Of our customs duties should be pay
able in greenbacks Mr.. Allison voted
against 1t.
And about the coinage OF silver.
The party that Mr.. Allison belongs
to is responsible for the demon
itization of silver. Had it not
been for that act, there would be no
question to-day as to the policy Of
coming silver. That was the first and
the foulest blow ever struck at the
dollar Of the daddies."
And again, Mr.. Allison finds fault
as to the surplus of the treasury /"
We great gods and and little fishes!
Was ever such brazen effrontery ex.
hibited before, even In the history OF
corrupt and:partisan politics!
Satan rebuking sin is marvel Of
modesty compared with this Iowa
Senator by the name Of Allison!
Possibly Mr.. Cleveland is doing q
little better" in carrying out the old
Republican policy than the Republi-
can did themselves; but it is the same
policy, and no Republican has any
right to kick.
It:.wassjnst ten years ago that the
writer hereof took occasion while de-
livering speech in Dubuque, Iowa,
to reply to speech which had been
delivered in the same town a few days
before by Mr.. Allison. Mr.. Allison was
then upholdinX the very policy which
to-day he is condemning. He was
then upholding the resumption act
and that was before the act Of May
1873 which re-issued greenbacks AZ
East as they were redeemed,
He was defending the silver policy
of the Republican party-which is
Cleveland's policy Of to-day.
He was bowling that there was
:. .-'.ntv Of money! Just ~ much
.,a..,, i tho !. avid ~ there ever was. /"
In suggesting the retire" Vl'"e
Cleveland has shown
himself the willing tool Of Wall Street
influence but any criticism Of him
for SO doing would come with better
grace from some oits besides q man
who has served AZ many years. ~ Mr..
Allison has in the United States SEN
ate.
Cleyeland's silver policy IL an In
famous one. but let some one besides
Senator Allison say 30:
Clevelani's policy OF boarding
in the treasury il costing thepeo
pie half as much annually rs it did to
carry on the war, but let the conden-
nation Of this policy come from rome
one besides man who ,r twenty-five
years has worked with and for the Re-
publican party Sentinel.
Ben Butler has given his opinion
Of the Interstate law. He says that
If it was not carried out, so much